Recent content by Sandlapper Spike

The NCAA has no control over that, however (and in reality it is true for only two sports -- football and men's basketball).

I actually agree with most of this, though I suspect the number of schools that wind up in the "pro" college league would be higher -- somewhere between 30 and 50, if I had to guess. It's possible there would be more in hoops, though how that would work from a practical standpoint is open to...

The Citadel has actually had three former NCSU players serve as head coach of its basketball program -- Robinson, Norm Sloan, and Mel Thompson.

Wow, I didn't know it's an auto "name redacted" thing. I guess that means I actually spelled his name correctly...

You guys can now relax (or maybe I can relax). [Redacted] is not a candidate at The Citadel. He's not interested in the job, apparently.

You missed part of the conversation, though... FIFA: How about the 2026 World Cup thrown in? By the way, we'll guarantee you that it will be played in either the U.S. or Canada, and we're not playing it in Canada.

Neymar's World Cup is over. Cracked vertebra.

Grödig does appear to be a more aesthetically pleasing road trip than Columbus or Houston, though...

Those La Paz-Lima and Quito-Bogotá road trips would be a lot of fun...

The NCAA rule is clearly unconstitutional, but that hasn't stopped the NCAA (though it did have to pay Andy Oliver $750,000 to get a similar case out of the court system). As for the Phillies, unless there is a new development in this case, good luck dealing with coaches, players, and agents...

Looks like Mick Hucknall, actually...

New Hampshire has never been to the NCAA tournament despite being in Division I since 1962. Only five other schools have been in D-1 longer without making the tourney at least once.

High Pockets Kelly made the Hall of Fame in 1973, a direct result of Frank Frisch's reign of terror as chairman of the Veterans Committee. He's probably the worst position player in the Hall; for pitchers, I might go with Rube Marquard or maybe Jesse Haines. All three of them were picks made by...

That would have made some sense, but I tend to doubt any of the writers back then did that. At any rate, it's hard to believe 17% of the writers decided to leave off Walter Johnson for "strategic" reasons. Going forward, though, the loaded ballots of the day did cause problems, with an...

In the first election, Babe Ruth only got 95% of the vote. Walter Johnson got 83%. At least they got elected; Cy Young didn't make the cut. The highest percentage of the vote ever received was by Tom Seaver, who got 98% of the vote. Five guys didn't vote for him (one reportedly because he...